Faculty Publications

Crowd of Black Lives Matters demonstrators marching in the street.

Feature: The Democratic Necessity of Reckoning

Erica Chenoweth reviews scholarship that overwhelmingly shows the Black Lives Matter movement generated high levels of public awareness about systemic racism and increased support for criminal justice reform.

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Feature: Against Rule-of-Thumb Economics

Dani Rodrik argues against neoliberalism’s universal rule-of-thumb approach and for economic analyses grounded in contextual dependencies.

Several hands of team members covering one another in a huddle above a work table.

Feature: Leaders’ Psychological Bravery

Dana Born explores what skills leaders need to cultivate psychological safety on their teams and across their organizations.

Dollars and Euros piled on top of one another.

Feature: Dollar vs. Euro as International Reserve Currencies

Jeffrey Frankel explores the strengths and weaknesses of using the Dollar and the Euro as international reserve currencies.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Sustainability Transitions in Consumption-Production Systems

Geels, Frank W., Florian Kern, and William C. Clark. "Sustainability Transitions in Consumption-Production Systems." PNAS 120.47 (November 21, 2023): e2310070120.

Ash Carter’s Lessons from ISIS for Israel’s
Campaign Against Hamas

Allison, Graham. "Ash Carter’s Lessons from ISIS for Israel’s Campaign Against Hamas." Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, October 25, 2023.

The Path to AI Arms Control

Kissinger, Henry A., and Allison, Graham. "The Path to AI Arms Control." Foreign Affairs, October 13, 2023.

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage: CO2 Transport costs and network infrastructure considerations for a net-zero United States

Galeazzi, Clara, Grace Lam, and John P. Holdren. "Carbon capture, utilization, and storage: CO2 Transport costs and network infrastructure considerations for a net-zero United States." Environment and Natural Resources Program & Science Technology and Public Policy Program Paper Series, July 2023.

Will India Surpass China to Become the Next Superpower?

Allison, Graham. "Will India Surpass China to Become the Next Superpower?" Foreign Policy, June 24, 2023.

Ethics Inside the Black Box: Integrating Science and Technology Studies into Engineering and Public Policy Curricula

Lawrence, Christopher, Sheila Jasanoff, Sam Weiss Evans, Keith Raffel, and L. Mahadevan. "Ethics Inside the Black Box: Integrating Science and Technology Studies into Engineering and Public Policy Curricula." Science and Engineering Ethics 29.4 (August 2023).

China’s dominance of solar poses difficult choices for the west

Allison, Graham. "China’s dominance of solar poses difficult choices for the west." Financial Times, June 22, 2023.

Future Conversations – A Topical Exchange

Borrmann, Vera, Christopher Coenen, Alfred Nordmann, Roberto Cantoni, Sascha Dickel, Christopher Groves, Armin Grunwald, Ben Hurlbut, Sheila Jasanoff, George Khushf, Sebastian Pfotenhauer, Arie Rip, Martin Sand, and Christina Schües. "Future Conversations – A Topical Exchange." Hermeneutics, History, and Technology: The Call of the Future. Ed. Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann, and Martin Sand. Routledge, 2023.

Technology in the Imagination of Society – A Conversation

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Alfred Nordmann. "Technology in the Imagination of Society – A Conversation." Hermeneutics, History, and Technology: The Call of the Future. Ed. Armin Grunwald, Alfred Nordmann, and Martin Sand. Routledge, 2023.

A Stress Test for Politics: A Comparative Perspective on Policy Responses to COVID-19

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Stephen Hilgartner. "A Stress Test for Politics: A Comparative Perspective on Policy Responses to COVID-19." Routledge Handbook of Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ed. Joelle Grogan, and Alice Donald. Routledge, 2022.

The Moral Dimension of AI-Assisted Decision-Making: Some Practical Perspectives from the Front Lines

Carter, Ashton B. "The Moral Dimension of AI-Assisted Decision-Making: Some Practical Perspectives from the Front Lines." Daedalus 151.2 (Spring 2022): 299-308.

Let’s not abandon Russian scientists

Holdren, John, Nina Fedoroff, Neal Lane, Nick Talbot, and Toby Spribille. "Let’s not abandon Russian scientists." Science, 376.6590, March 2022, 256-257.

The End of Cyber-Anarchy?: How to Build a New Digital Order Digital Disorder

Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "The End of Cyber-Anarchy?: How to Build a New Digital Order Digital Disorder." Foreign Affairs 101.1 (January/February 2022): 32-43.

America's Cyber-Reckoning: How to Fix a Failing Strategy

Gordon, Sue, and Eric Rosenbach. "America's Cyber-Reckoning: How to Fix a Failing Strategy." Foreign Affairs 101.1 (January/February 2022): 10-21.

Spaceship or Stewardship: Imaginaries of Sustainability in the Information Age

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Spaceship or Stewardship: Imaginaries of Sustainability in the Information Age." Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung 47.4 (2022): 29-47.

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage: Technologies and costs in the U.S. context

Moch, Jonathan M., William Xue, and John P. Holdren. "Carbon capture, utilization, and storage: Technologies and costs in the U.S. context." Environment and Natural Resources Program Brief Series, January 2022.

Transnational families and technology: trends, impacts and futures

Bhabha, Jacqueline, Abhishek Bhatia, and Sam Peisch. "Transnational families and technology: trends, impacts and futures." Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

The Great Tech Rivalry: China vs the U.S.

Allison, Graham, Kevin Klyman, Karina Barbesino and Hugo Yen. "The Great Tech Rivalry: China vs the U.S." Avoiding Great Power War Project Paper Series, December 2021.

Confronting Cyber Risk: An Embedded Endurance Strategy for Cybersecurity

Falco, Gregory J. and Eric Rosenbach. Confronting Cyber Risk: An Embedded Endurance Strategy for Cybersecurity. Oxford University Press, 2021.

Mythmakers in the Market for Perfection

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Mythmakers in the Market for Perfection." American Scientist 109.6 (November-December 2021): 376.

Renewing the future: Excluded imaginaries in the global energy transition

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Hilton R. Simmet. "Renewing the future: Excluded imaginaries in the global energy transition." Energy Research & Social Science 80 (October 2021): 102205.

Elements in International Relations

Price, Richard, and Kathryn Sikkink. Elements in International Relations. Cambridge University Press, 2021.

The Limits of Cyberoffense

Rosenbach, Eric, Juliette Kayyem, and Lara Mitra. "The Limits of Cyberoffense." Foreign Affairs. August 11, 2021.

The Dangerous Appeal of Tech

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Dangerous Appeal of Tech." MIT Technology Review 124.4 (July/August 2021): 16-17.

Settled enough: Climate science, skepticism, and prudence

Holdren, John P. "Settled enough: Climate science, skepticism, and prudence." The Hill, May 24, 2021.

Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals

Natali, Susan, John P. Holdren, Brendan M. Rogers, Rachael Treharne, Philip B. Duffy, Rafe Pomerance, and Erin MacDonald. "Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118.21 (May 2021): e2100163118.

The Practices of Objectivity in Regulatory Science

Jasanoff, Sheila. "The Practices of Objectivity in Regulatory Science." Social Knowledge in the Making. Ed. Charles Camic, Neil Gross, and Michèle Lamont. University of Chicago Press, 2021, 307-338.

The governance of sociotechnical transformations to sustainability

Beck, Silke, Sheila Jasanoff, Andy Stirling, and Christine Polzin. "The governance of sociotechnical transformations to sustainability." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 49 (April 2021): 143-152.

Science and Technology for Humanity: An STS View from Singapore

Jasanoff, Sheila, Ian McGonigle, and Hallam Stevens. "Science and Technology for Humanity: An STS View from Singapore." East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 15.1 (March 2021): 68-78.

‘Without an Aadhaar card nothing could be done’: a mixed methods study of biometric identification and birth registration for children in Varanasi, India

Bhatia, Amiya, Elizabeth Donger, and Jacqueline Bhabha. "‘Without an Aadhaar card nothing could be done’: a mixed methods study of biometric identification and birth registration for children in Varanasi, India." Information Technology for Development 27.1 (January 2021): 129-149.

Ours Is the Earth: Science and Human History in the Anthropocene

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Ours Is the Earth: Science and Human History in the Anthropocene." Journal of the Philosophy of History 4.3 (November 2020): 337–358.

The Future of Carbon Offset Markets

Lee, Henry, and Abigail Mayer. "The Future of Carbon Offset Markets." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, October 22, 2020.

Is China Beating the US to AI Supremacy?

Allison, Graham, and Eric Schmidt. "Is China Beating the US to AI Supremacy?" August 2020.

Bioconstitutional Imaginaries and the Comparative Politics of Genetic Self-Knowledge

Hurlbut, J. Benjamin, Ingrid Metzler, Luca Marelli, and Sheila Jasanoff. "Bioconstitutional Imaginaries and the Comparative Politics of Genetic Self-Knowledge." Science, Technology, & Human Values (May 2020).

Imagined Worlds: The Politics of Future-Making in the 21st Century

Jasanoff, Sheila. "Imagined Worlds: The Politics of Future-Making in the 21st Century." The Politics and Science of Prevision: Governing and Probing the Future. Ed. Andreas Wenger, Ursula Jasper, and Myriam Dunn Cavelty. Routledge, 2020.

Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in Developing Countries

Pasquetto, Irene V., Eaman Jahani, Alla Baranovsky, and Matthew A. Baum. "Understanding Misinformation on Mobile Instant Messengers (MIMs) in Developing Countries." May 2020.

The Value of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration

Chen, Cuicui, and Henry Lee. "The Value of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration." Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, March 4, 2020.

The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities

Sikkink, Kathryn. The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities. Yale University Press, 2020.

Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany

Jasanoff, Sheila, and Ingrid Metzler. "Borderlands of Life: IVF Embryos and the Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany." Science, Technology, & Human Values 45.6 (2020): 1001-1037.

The Geopolitics of Information

Rosenbach, Eric, and Katherine Mansted. "The Geopolitics of Information." May 2019.

Big Tech and Democracy: The Critical Role of Congress

Belei, Bogdan, Toni Bush, Maeve Campbell, Ash Carter, Lucy Chase, Mignon Clyburn, Bennett Craig, Daniel Gastfriend, Dipayan Ghosh, Gene Kimmelman, Heidi Legg, Laura Manley, Nicco Mele, Hong Qu, Amy Robinson, Philip Verveer, and Tom Wheeler. "Big Tech and Democracy: The Critical Role of Congress." April 2019.

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